The arrival of Sultan&#39s daughter Princess Fatima at England&#39s famous and prestigious &#39School for Young Ladies&#39 precipitates even more chaos than usual. Her father&#39s horse Arab Boy is due to run at the nearby Gold Cup so Clarence Fitton, bookie brother of headmistress Millicent, ensures his own daughter is on hand to report progress. At the same time Barchester police have planted sergeant Ruby Gates as a teacher, and the Ministry of Education are sending a third inspector down after the previous two disappeared without trace.